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wolverine

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http://www.citytv.com/calgary/news_27693.aspx

If you take a walk down 17th Avenue, you'll see a lot of bars are gearing up for the 2006 version of the Red Mile. Signs are up, Flames logos are everywhere and many are calling it the 'return to red.'

But the city says the party's over and there will not be a Red Mile this year, or ever again. The city is issuing a message - they'll be getting tough on party-goers and they'll have a zero-tolerance policy in place any time the Flames take this ice for this year's playoffs.

They say there will be no more drunken crowds allowed on 17th Avenue, from Macleod Trail all the way to 8th Street southwest. The crackdown is also designed to put a stop to the types of assaults, vandalism and public mischief that happened during the Flames playoff run in 2004.

The Calgary Fire Department, E-M-S, and city by-law officers will join Calgary Police in patrolling the now infamous stretch of road ner the city's downtown core. Officers will be on foot, on bike and will also patrol the skies by helicopter to make sure revellers are kept in line.

Police also say they will not tolerate any sort of public nudity. Any woman caught lifting her top and exposing her breasts will be immediately escorted away from the area and dealt with accordingly.

All of this comes in response to resident complaints that the partying became way too noisy and got out of hand. Some residents and store owners complained of property damage and vandalism.

Other Calgarians say there's no way they'll be kept from taking part in a big party, come playoff time.
 

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Welcome to our world. The Vancouver world. The no-fun world.
I dunno why they don't just ammend the fucking constitution to prohibit public gatherings altogether and get it over with already!
 

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Re: Crowds of drunk people...

Frankly, I don't think crowds of drunk people in public places ever resulted in everyone having alot of fun. Crowds of drunk people usually leave behind a big mess for someone else to clean up. I bet there aren't too many of those drunk people that party on 17th Ave in Calgary that come back the next morning to help clean up the vomit and the broken beer bottles and the urine they leave behind. But hey, what's a little noise and some property damage when it's all in the name of fun. Honestly, I wish people in Calgary would lighten up like us folks in Vancouver. Go Flames.
 

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Police also say they will not tolerate any sort of public nudity. Any woman caught lifting her top and exposing her breasts will be immediately escorted away from the area and dealt with accordingly.
I can't remember if it's legal in Alberta or just in B.C. that women can go topless and it's not considered "nakedness", such as is the law in Ontario; however, Alberta *needs* to lighten up. All this Conservative crap is too much considering what goes on during the Stampede and nothing is said about that. Someone please tell me what's the difference between *that* and the hockey playoffs. *grumbles*

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wolverine

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Vesta said:
All this Conservative crap is too much considering what goes on during the Stampede and nothing is said about that. Someone please tell me what's the difference between *that* and the hockey playoffs.
Last time I was in Cowtown for the Stampede, I found it very corporate and family-oriented. None of the fabled block parties were to be found. Just lots of company pancake breakfasts, yuppies in jeans and cowboy hats (although likely many of them have never been horse-riding), families at the fairgrounds, and nightclubs like Cowboys raking in $20 cover charges. Rather dull compared to Stampedes from years past.
 
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